Monday, May 06, 2013

Chrome Desktop Remote

It has come to my attention by a few clients that wish to be able to share their desktop while discussing a project they are working on together. The easiest way, by far, would be to set up the new Chrome Desktop Remote. Although this is not going to allow you to communicate verbally, for that you can be in a Skype call with the person remotely while you share their desktop. Since this is a feature that you may or may not use right now, it is a great feature to install for that emergency that may crop up.

Simply go to the Chrome store and install the app from this link.

The next question would be, but how do I see their desktop at the same time?  Quite simply by opening a new tab a new chrome window while leaving the existing desktop remote running and then start the remote, but this time you would be the one sharing or connecting remote, whichever you did not do initially. Since the program is so simple, you choose whether you want to share your desktop, in which case you provide the code to the person connecting, or you choose to connect to the remote, in which case they provide you with the code.